I'm thinking of buying an 88' 760 Turbo and was wondering if anyone has any
good tips to look out for. For it's age the body is quite good, there are a
few rust bubbles but aside from that it's very clean. It's got 278,000km on
it, went through my basic check list and everything is ...

I was looking at this pic at the very bottom of this link at this site
and I was surprised that the side airbag on the Volvo 850s seems to be
ONLY a single chamber thorax side airbag.
http://www.terc.org/volvoairbags.html

1994 Volvo 850.
When I push the blower speed control from  to 4, I get air at varying speeds
until I get to "4", then nothing.
Up to about a month or so ago, I could get airflow (joking called "4" as the

When I got my 2000 S40 in Oct. of 1999, there was a lot of talk here about
the "new" Volvos vs. the "old" Volvos and "Volvo" Volvos vs. the dreaded
"Ford" Volvos.  I realize the 2000 S40 falls into the Ford ownership era,
but not the Ford designed era.  Well, I just turned 125,000 ...

My a/c compressor runs all the time overheats then shuts down, it will
not cycle on and off when hot outside,  I took it to volvo and had a
pressure test done, no leaks its been blowing cold for 2 years since
this problem has started.I have never had to add freon.   they told me

I have an '85 760 turbo that is having a problem with the turbo system.
Whenever the gauge goes into the boost mode, you can hear a whistling noise
that gets louder with increased boost.  It is pretty obvious the turbo is
spinning up and providing boost.   The gauge shows plenty of ...

Has anyone experienced this before?  1999 S80 Auto 2.9 85k mile.
When I do a kick down, engine accelerates fine to 4.5k revs then suddenly
falls back to 2k revs and then starts accelerating again to 4.5k revs
etc....  Any ideas would be appreciated.

My windsield wipers will suddenly go on when they arent even in the on
position! They will stay on until I restart the car, then go off. Other
times even if I restart the car it stays on. They have a mind of their own.
sometimes Ill be driving down the road and they just suddenly go ...

folks...how do i pop off the plastic cover, in order to adj the hand
parking brake cable bolts, on my 1993 940?
it looks like i should be able to get into the rear seat, pop out the
ash tray, and somehow remoce the plastic trim piece...any help or

I have a 1994 850 Turbo I love how it drives it has 300k on it and all of a
sudden it started to kick out blue smoke when idling and upon start-up.   I
don't know if it is worth fixing or should I just be thinking to be getting
a new car.   I know at this many k's I wont get ...

I have been having problems for 2 years with my 1996 850glt the
compressor will run all the time and overheat then just shut down.  I
took it to volvo and first they told me evaporator coil then once it
was there they told me compressor too,  well the car is not leaking

For almost a year after purchase, I experienced problems with gas pedal
vibration on my Volvo C70. I took it back to the dealer many times with this
complaint. They would go with me for test drives but their answer was always
that there was nothing abnormal about the gas pedal ...

After replacing two waterpumps i noticed  some things:
1) an original waterpump from Volvo: makes a whining noice while in use.
Ran 2000km. It did it from the beginning, one month ago
2) an NOT original waterpump does the same immediately after the

I live in South Texas and my a/c compressor runs all the time.  At highway
speeds, I have no problems with it.  However in stop and go traffic it shuts
down, and I have to leave it off for a few minutes before it restarts again.
The it will run for a few more minutes and shut down ...

Just your basic 1989 240. All of a sudden im getting a sound when I hit the
brakes. Its not a metal on metal sound, not your usual brake sqeel sound,
more like a "shhhht sshhhtt shhhht" sound. sometimes it happens, somtimes it
doesnt. Been happening more frequently. Doesnt happen ...